Speaker
Mr.
Vladislav Kuskov
(National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute)
Description
The invariant differential cross sections of inclusive $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ mesons were measured in the midrapidity region in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV and p--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 8.16 TeV in a wide transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm{T}}$) range with the ALICE experiment. The unprecedentedly large $p_{\mathrm{T}}$-range was achieved by combining various analysis techniques and triggers, involving the Electromagnetic Calorimeter (EMCal) and the Photon Spectrometer (PHOS). The obtained cross sections provide strong constraints on parton distributions and fragmentation functions for light mesons, and can be used to further improve the theoretical descriptions of hadron production.
Primary authors
Mr.
Vladislav Kuskov
(National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute)
Dr.
Dmitri Peresunko
(National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute)
Dr.
Dmitry Blau
(National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute)
